Several states in India, including Odisha, along with oil palm processing firms, have launched a mega drive till August 12 to increase the area under oil palm cultivation in the country, the Agriculture Ministry said Sunday.

As many as 70,222 women and 16,649 girls went missing in Odisha between 2019 and 2021. This was revealed by Minister of State for Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Ajay Kumar Mishra while answering a question in the Lok Sabha.

When the Parliament convenes Monday, it won’t be an easy ride for the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) as this week will have a crucial legislation and is likely to have a noconfidence motion to test the party’s equidistance stand.

At least one or two places in four districts are likely to witness heavy rainfall during the next 24 hours due to the prevalent monsoon trough and a low pressure area formed in the Bay of Bengal (BoB), the India Meteorological Department said Sunday

Prime Minister said in Mann Ki Baat program 'Meri Mati Mera Desh' campaign will be launched soon ahead of Independence Day to honour the martyred men and women.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) 's PSLV-C56 rocket successfully launched the Singapore's DS-SAR satellite and six co-passenger payloads from the first launch-pad of SDSC-SHAR in Sriharikota yesterday at 06:30 hrs IST.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushil Modi on Sunday said that Union Minister Ramdas Athawale's claim on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's return to NDA is his personal opinion, but the BJP has shut all its doors for the Bihar Chief Minister.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated Assam's new Legislative Assembly building in Guwahati. He also appealed to the people of Manipur to maintain peace and harmony due to the ongoing unrest in the Northeastern state.

The Aam Aadmi Party will contest both the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh next year, said party national secretary (organisation) Dr Sandeep Pathak in New Delhi on Sunday.

Writer and political analyst Badri Seshadri, who was arrested for criticising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and the Supreme Court over Manipur violence, is the founder of Kizhakku Pathippagam- a prominent publishing house in Tamil Nadu. The 58-year-old was earlier part of state government's Tamil Internet Education Council. 

The Mizoram government has started the process of collecting biometric details of Myanmar nationals following an instruction from the Union ministry of home affairs, an official said on Sunday. More than 30,000 Myanmar nationals have taken shelter in Mizoram since February 2021 after the Myanmar military junta staged a coup in the neighbouring country.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of 30 lakh rupees on Indigo Airlines for certain systemic deficiencies in documentation pertaining to operations, training procedures, and engineering procedures.

A 25-year-old Sri Lankan woman entered India on tourist visa to marry a man from Andhra Pradesh, whom she met on Facebook six years ago. Chittoor SP served her a notice, asking her to leave India once her visa expires on August 15 or seek an extension of her stay.

Over 6 crore income tax returns filed till July 30 in new record : The Income Tax Department said.

Government released the first installment of 630 crore rupees under the PM ScHools For Rising India- PM SHRI Scheme for 6,207 schools. He also released the education and skill curriculum books translated into 12 Indian languages.

National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) sold 560 tonnes of tomatoes at a subsidised rate in Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh from July 14-28. It had begun selling tomatoes at ₹90/kg and later reduced the price to Rs. 70/kg.

Another alleged question paper leak incident has hit the crisis ridden Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) whose credibility appears to be at stake in the wake of the unprecedented JE question paper leak scandal which is currently under investigation.

Uttar Pradesh has recorded a rise of 18.49 per cent in the total tiger population in the past four years, according to the state level data shared under ‘Status of Tigers’ in India report.

Congress MP Manish Tewari Sunday claimed that all bills passed after the no-confidence motion was admitted in the Lok Sabha are "constitutionally suspect" and asserted that any substantive legislative business must succeed the outcome of the motion, not precede it.

The batting audition of India’s World Cup aspirants didn’t go as per plan on a bouncy track as West Indies levelled the three-match ODI series with a comfortable sixwicket victory, riding on superb bowling efforts from Romario Shepherd and Gudakesh Motie.